The other day a customer asked us, "Tell me more about your services beside the quick elevator pitch." That threw me for a second, and then I thought - why ...

Nederland Elementary has a very special custodian named Liz Cooley, who this year through her tremendous green focus and effort helped get the school back to...

It's out and hot off the press, Eco-Cycle's "The State of Recycling in Colorado, 2019" is a report we pay very close attention to each year. We feel this in...

The 2019 Global Strike for the Climate occurs today but also see what is happening next week as well. http://climatestrikeactionweek.co As this takes place,...

Yes.. yes, recycling is happening and Green Girl Recycling is thrilled to share how our partners (Eco-Cycle and Boulder County's MRF) are effectively process...

Sarah Auer, you did it again! We are in love with the new paper shredding video you literally finished on your last day of work with us as our summer intern...

If you are like most people, you understand mostly which items you can recycle, but there are often all kinds of 'grey' areas with regard to what can and can...

Have you ever met someone who just has contagious energy, brings passion and true love to what they do in life? Two years ago we were extremely fortunate to ...

Google Family deconstructing electronics

Two weeks ago, Tisha Wood, a famous French painter and neighbor, asked us if she could have some flat cardboard to help another artist who needed to move hun...

Last week a potential customer called looking to see if we had an ‘extra’ old printer that he could have. At first, we thought he misspoke. ‘Do you need to r...

Remember that TV Aunt Lou sent you off to college with that got seven channels before your friend spilled a can of PBR on it and it became what you watched t...

I love Earth Day. Every year as we approach April 22nd I get excited because it means that maybe just a little more awareness will spread and more people wil...

It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) office paper. In other words, 1 tree makes 16.67 reams of paper, or 1 ream = 6% of one tree...

1. Offer Commuting Incentives – Come up with incentives to encourage your employees to use public transportation or car pool. 2. Make Telecommuting an O...

If you know me at all, you know that I love doing customized training sessions for our Green Girl customers. Take last month, for example, when I got a call ...

I went running today and I could smell spring in the air…finally. At nearly 9,000 feet, it takes longer for this season to reach our house and I often get ‘c...

In 1997-1998: Bridget Turner (now Johnson) knocked on doors in the mountains west of Boulder for over 100 days straight signing up houses to begin Green Girl...

Ah, January. The month where I create what feels like a million end-of-the-year reports for counties, cities, huge organizations, businesses of all sizes and...

I started Green Girl Recycling eighteen years ago based upon the principle that if I could fill a need at an affordable price and deliver extraordinary perso...